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Live audio comparison of STARTING LEGEND 1999 ～Face to Face ver 417～ ガンバレ. This was the old (second) live band which emphasized keyboard arrangements. The guitar tones from the Nobu K era band were really studio quality bright/crisp; I'm glad this song was pro shot during this period. Comparison video from the January 1, 2004 show at Nippon Budokan with the new band (from 2001) and the now 3 year old Yamaha PM1D digital mixing console (with a vastly improved live sound, excellent guitar tone, and very clear separation of the bass and drums): ** link to be added ** 30th anniversary (2024) performance (with most of the band from the 2004 video): ** link to be added **
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ML Upscaled/Enhanced 1080p60. Live audio comparison of STARTING LEGEND 1999 ～Face to Face ver.417～ Kaze ga Fuku oka + ROLLING STONE. This was the old (second) live band which emphasized keyboards. Comparison video of the same two songs from the encore concert in November 2001 with the new band and what was then, the new Yamaha PM1D digital audio mixing/sound system (with a vastly improved live sound, more guitars, and very clear separation of the bass and drums):
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ML Upscaled/Enhanced 1080p60 (using this newer process). This concert (thankfully pro shot) was also live streamed (Real Media at a slide slow/low frame rate 160p resolution).
ML Upscaled/Enhanced 1080p60. This concert (thankfully pro shot) was also live streamed via Real Media at a slide slow/low frame rate 160p resolution (which made the 480p source look good). To get this upscaled, I used a different process (cutting out the ffmpeg step) by using Digiarty VideoProc Converter to transcode the MPEG-2TS source to 1080p since the output looked pretty good (the de-interlacer worked much better). I then ran that through Aiarty Video Enhancer AI to upscale/enhance that to 2160p60 (video detail plus frame rate increase) and then performed the final downscaling to 1080p60.
ML Upscaled/Enhanced to 720p from grainy 480p source (this was a more granular upscaling utilizing Topaz Video AI as the backend). The original broadcast (NHK POPJAM) was recorded using VHS tape (Panasonic VHS Hi-Fi). This is just the OA performance part (not the initial interview with Moriguchi Hiroko). The footage was originally digitized with an PowerMac 8500 (it had AV inputs making it easy to connect to a VCR). Video formats and compression technology (in terms of being cross platform compatible) was not great around this time. Since this was also on a Mac, the Quicktime MOV container format was used along with the Sorenson video codec (since it was included with QT3 and looked the best). A few years later, I re-digitized it (better tech) and used MPEG-4 (various permutations were created since then by others).
Trivia: these on-air performances with bands for music shows are normally backing tracks. Longer songs are also usually shortened (entire section and/or solo removed). Some performers would also lip sync (Hekiru's vocals for this were live).
Rare live version of Never Say Never from a 1988 spring break concert held at Isla Blana Park (South Padre Island in Texas). Video was ML enhanced and audio tweaked a little (the quality is what it is). That tour for their Surveillance release had only 4 more shows; the final one in September 1988 would be guitarist Rik Emmett's last with the band until they reunited 20 years later for the two shows in 2008; Sweden Rock Festival and Rocklahoma.
The fact this footage exists is incredible since back then, this was around the time when digital cameras (both photo and video) were just coming on to the scene; this was around the time of the analog 8mm camcorders (like the Canon ES-series and Sony Handycam); not very small handheld camcorders which was held to shoot this entire show (no pro shot recordings exist for any of the 1988 shows). I'm slowly "re-mastering" the entire footage but did this one section first given how rare this live version is.
ML upscaled/enhanced to 1080p60 (video source from the 80's is much more difficult to upscale since it really is garbage in, garbage out territory). From Surveillance (released in November 1987), the original official music video was released on July 27, 1987. This (a progressive rock tune with a guitar instrumental prologue entitled "Prologue: Into The Forever") was also one of my favorite Triumph tunes (the melody, the lyrics, the guitar riffs and solo). I still crank the volume on this one. Surveillance would also be the last release with Rik Emmett who left the group in 1988.
ML upscaled/enhanced to 1080p60 (video source from the 80's is much more difficult to upscale since it really is garbage in, garbage out territory). From The Sport of Kings (released in August 1986), the original official music video was released on September 11, 1986. This (a pop rock tune laden with synths and guitars) was also the bands biggest hit (27th place in the Billboard 100 over the course of 15 weeks).
ML enhanced to 720p. Legendary performance of Lay It On The Line at the US Festival in 1983. Personally consider myself lucky that I saw Triumph live during their Allied Forces, Never Surrender, and Thunder Seven tours. The tune saw a renewed (viral) revival in Canada when a sample of the song was used in promotions for the Stanley Cup Finals in Edmonton (Triumph themselves are from Ontario, Canada). This live was sans their usual laser light and pyrotechnic show.
ML enhanced the video/tweaked the audio (both as best as possible) from the digitized VHS tape recordings of this concert. I was in high school at the time and remembered listening to the concert in my car (stereo blasting). This was simulcast on both Westwood One to FM stations around the US and an MTV special live; whatever that evening show was that used to show concerts (it was re-broadcast a few times). Finding a stereo recording (from that FM broadcast) is something that has never popped up unfortunately (and most of the VHS recordings were mono plus very grainy quality).
Setlist:
- 1. Tear The Roof Off
- 2. American Girls
- 3. Lay It On The Line
- 4. Allied Forces
- 5. Fight the Good Fight
- 6. Rock & Roll Machine
- 7. Petite Etude
- 8. Guitar Solo
- 9. Nature's Child
- 10. Drum Solo
- 11. Magic Power
- 12. Allied Forces (Improvised outro)
- EN. Hot Time In This City